Rene F. Romero Born in Mexico City in 1972, shirt artist Kent Lind and Steve Driscoll for about
emigrated to the United States in 1989. In 1990 a year. In 1999 I moved to San Antonio Texas
I start doing airbrushed caricatures at the Mall where I operate my little airbrush shop inside the
of America while at the same time working for t- Historical Market Square.
For this project I choose the To transfer the design onto the shirt I I have sketched the basic outline, eyes,
best reference photo I could
use red oxide watercolor pencil.
nose, lips, hairline, contour shape and
find. background outline. Before I start any
painting I hot press iron the shirt.
Once I have a nice and flat surface to To start the flesh tones I apply lots of Next I have prepared my own mix of
work on, I start the first lines using 50% Createx yellow and golden yellow to start generic skin tone which is a mix of
brown red and 50% black, I always work creating a thick paste background, this 50% yellow, 20% opaque white, 10%
in this way (outline dark sketch) to use it primary coat will eventually show up at hot pink, about 15% red brown and
as a reference drawing so it doesn’t get the very end with the last iron press. 5% opaque blue. I apply a thick coat
lost in the next step. again in order to keep building a heavy
layer of paint.
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